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Transfer of merit (Sanskrit: pariṇāmanā, Pali: pattidāna or pattānumodanā) is a standard part of Buddhist spiritual discipline where the practitioner's merit, resulting from good deeds, is transferred to deceased relatives, to deities, or to all sentient beings.
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TTTA extracted 101 structured relationships around Transfer of merit. Examples in this analysis include Transfer of merit → Burmese → ပတ္တိဒါန and Transfer of merit → Chinese → 迴向 (Pinyin: huíxiàng). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer of merit | Burmese | ပတ္တိဒါန | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transfer of merit | Chinese | 迴向 (Pinyin: huíxiàng) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transfer of merit | Japanese | 回向 or 廻向 (Rōmaji: Ekō) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transfer of merit | Pali | pattidāna | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transfer of merit | Sanskrit | pariṇāmanā | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transfer of merit | Thai | อุทิศบุญกุศล | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transfer of merit | Tibetan | བསྔོ་བ་ (bsngo ba) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Transfer of merit | Vietnamese | hồi hướng | 1.00 | infobox |
| pattānumodanā | instance of | expressed through terms | 0.80 | text |
| pattidāna | instance of | expressed through terms | 0.80 | text |
| may have developed due to Mahāyāna influence.Other scholars have argued that the doctrine of the transfer of merit can be found early in the Theravāda tradition | instance of | expressed through terms | 0.80 | text |
| and that the doctrine is sanctioned by early texts | instance of | expressed through terms | 0.80 | text |
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Source: Wikipedia — Transfer of merit · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout
